Last 12 characters or in the middle? Post the key for everyone to see. You won't get any where alone.😉
Hello digaran, i am not running from anyone. This is a challenge has been running for almost a year by a russian person named phrutis.
Look his github, he has already a pool Splitting ranges running to try to solve, but the real question is, no body knows if thats even a legit challenge and most likely it will be fake.
For more info look here:
https://github.com/phrutis/wif500The known private key of the 500 BTC is 5bCRZhiS5sEGMpmcRZdpAhmWLRfMmutGmPHtjVob. 12 characters missing in the beginning of the private key which makes it even harder because of checksums.
Keep in ming again, this is not sure thats this is a legit challenge. Most probably a lie to waste time. Goodluck!
I don't know about the WIF 500; you have to trust they have the correct remaining characters AND if phrutis would share the reward, if found.
However, his other repo, is a little scammy to me and that is why I would not trust him.
He is basically trying to sell public keys from older addresses, which anyone can find via the blockchain. But the part that is scammy is him claiming,
With the public key, you can quickly find the private key using the Kangaroo BSGS program.
This does not require 1000 cards, just one (several) cards and a little time. The search time depends on the task.
So basically he is saying, hey, spend 500 dollars and buy these public keys and you can find them easy with just one or two GPUs.
I am ok with him selling public keys so others don't have to do the work (but it's not much work, just automated process using python), but his selling point (quickly find the private key...) is a red flag. Just my opinion.
